The City of Hamilton hereby gives notice that an application has been made to the Minister of Transport, pursuant to the Canadian Navigable Waters Act for approval of the work described herein and its site and plans.
Pursuant to paragraph 7(2) of the said Act,
The City of Hamilton has deposited with the Minister of Transport, on the on-line Common Project Search Registry under the NPP File Number 2024-412489 a description of the following work, its site and plans:
- The work entails the rehabilitation of two (2) of the City of Hamilton water intakes. This includes cleaning and removal of lakebed sediment and material that has deposited within the intake pipelines. This material within the intake pipelines will be returned and deposited on the adjacent lakebed.
- The location of the work is in Lake Ontario, approximately 1 km offshore of 255 Van Wagners Beach Rd, City of Hamilton, in the Province of Ontario, L8E 3L8. The approximate coordinates of the work are 43°15’46″N 79°45’30″W.
Comments regarding the effect of this work on marine navigation can be sent through the Common Project Search site mentioned above under the Comment section (search by the above referenced number) or if you do not have access to the internet, by sending your comments directly to:
Navigation Protection Program – Transport Canada
100 S Front St, 1st Floor
Sarnia ON
N7T 2M4
Transport Canada (TC) will not make your comments on a project available to the public on the online public registry. However, any information related to a work is considered as unclassified public record and could be accessible upon legal request. As such, the information and records provided should not contain confidential or sensitive information. If you want to provide confidential or sensitive information that you think should not be made public, please contact TC before submitting it.
However, comments will be considered only if they are in writing (electronic means preferable) and are received not later than 30 days after the publication of the last notice. Although all comments conforming to the above will be considered, no individual response will be sent.